Newsted Cancel Tour Dates Including Soundwave Festival

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted announced that his band Newsted have been forced to cancel their upcoming tour dates including their appearance at this year's Soundwave Festival in Australia.

Jason Newsted broke the news on Facebook this weekend. The message appears to have since been deleted but Loadwirereports that Newsted posted the following message, "NEWSTED METALHEADS-

"Due to private and personal circumstances, we sincerely regret to inform you that The NEWSTED Band is unable to perform in February & March as scheduled Our deepest apologies for any inconvenience to you. We are all gutted by this turn of events.

"Our hope is that we will have another opportunity to share our Heavy Music with you all again sometime in the near future. I'm sorry, Sisters & Brothers, We were really looking forward to these shows too L I S T E N T O M E T A L J"